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In-depth profiles of the entertainers, entrepreneurs, creatives and personalities making headlines — who they are and how they got here.

Daniel Kaluuya wrote for Skins as a teenager. At 32 he won an Oscar for playing Fred Hampton Movies & TV Daniel Kaluuya wrote for Skins as a teenager. At 32 he won an Oscar for playing Fred Hampton Daniel Kaluuya, born in London to Ugandan parents, won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in April 2021 for Judas and the Black Messiah, three years after his Get Out nomination. Kofi Siriboe and his brothers: the Ghanaian-American family of actors behind Queen Sugar’s Ralph Angel Movies & TV Kofi Siriboe and his brothers: the Ghanaian-American family of actors behind Queen Sugar’s Ralph Angel Kofi Siriboe, born in Los Angeles in 1994 to Ghanaian parents Koshie Mills and Kwame Siriboe, played Ralph Angel Bordelon on Ava DuVernay's Queen Sugar. His two brothers are also actors. Michael Blackson made his name joking about Africa. Then he built a school in the Ghanaian town where he grew up Celebrity Buzz Michael Blackson made his name joking about Africa. Then he built a school in the Ghanaian town where he grew up Michael Blackson was born in Nsaba, Ghana, spent part of his childhood in Liberia and started his comedy career in Philadelphia. In January 2023, a school he built in Agona Nsaba opened its doors. Born in Vienna to a Ghanaian doctor and a German psychologist: Boris Kodjoe’s route to Hollywood started on a tennis court Celebrity Buzz Born in Vienna to a Ghanaian doctor and a German psychologist: Boris Kodjoe’s route to Hollywood started on a tennis court Boris Kodjoe was born in Vienna in 1973 to Eric Kodjoe, a Ghanaian physician, and Ursula, a German psychologist. A tennis scholarship took him to Virginia, a modelling scout found him there, and Soul Food made him a star. Freema Agyeman, Doctor Who’s Martha Jones, is the daughter of a Ghanaian father and an Iranian mother Movies & TV Freema Agyeman, Doctor Who’s Martha Jones, is the daughter of a Ghanaian father and an Iranian mother Freema Agyeman was born in London in 1979 to a Ghanaian father and an Iranian mother. She became the first Black companion in Doctor Who's modern era, then starred in Sense8 and New Amsterdam. He read the European football results in his own English and the internet fell in love: the Akrobeto story Celebrity Buzz He read the European football results in his own English and the internet fell in love: the Akrobeto story Akwasi Boadi, known as Akrobeto, had made more than 100 Kumawood films before November 2020, when clips of him reading European football results on UTV's The Real News went viral worldwide. Michaela Coel turned down a reported $1 million Netflix deal to keep her rights. Then she won an Emmy Celebrity Buzz Michaela Coel turned down a reported $1 million Netflix deal to keep her rights. Then she won an Emmy Michaela Coel, born Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson to Ghanaian parents in London, became the first Black woman to win the Emmy for writing a limited series with I May Destroy You in 2021. Idris Elba’s father came from Sierra Leone. His mother, Eve, came from Ghana Celebrity Buzz Idris Elba’s father came from Sierra Leone. His mother, Eve, came from Ghana Idris Elba was born Idrissa Akuna Elba in Hackney in 1972 to a Sierra Leonean father and a Ghanaian mother. The star of The Wire and Luther has spent years connecting his fame to both West African countries. Nafi Mahama: Meet the Beautiful Daughter of Ibrahim Mahama Profile Nafi Mahama: Meet the Beautiful Daughter of Ibrahim Mahama Nafi Mahama, daughter of Ghanaian businessman and philanthropist Ibrahim Mahama, has captured public attention after making a rare appearance alongside her father at a… Who Is Sapphire Egemasi? Everythin We Know about Nigerian’s ‘Tech Queen’? Profile Who Is Sapphire Egemasi? Everythin We Know about Nigerian’s ‘Tech Queen’? Sapphire Egemasi, known online as the “Tech Queen,” has quickly gone from social media admiration to international scrutiny following her arrest by U.S. authorities…